i think that, not so much an expansion pack, but more of a spin off would be one in which you controlled more the mechanics of your bot. or i suppose it could be incorporated into an expansion pack. just like your bot got better and better in tourny mode in 2097, only more detailed and focused, and with more of your choices as to which reactor to use, and what armor plating to put where, and what coolant propellent is best etc etc. the prospect of being able to be a mechanic working on HARs in this universe is a very appealing one. i think that more emphasis needs to be placed on the cities and people of this realm, personally. and i see no better way to represent this than to allow you to be a citizen, not a rich pilot, trying to make it in the world, perhaps involving himself in sims to observe changes made to a bot he has been working on for Prince Vassar or something. thoughts/opinions?_________________Just because you're here doesn't mean we don't hate you. - DeViAtE

hehe...you could also make arenas + fighters to have the pilots fight each other WITHOUT their bots...make a REAL storymode including the sports-fights and off-scene ambushes, fighting the evil-mastermind first without his bot...when you beat him he runs away and enters his bot for the final shodown... something like a REALLY interactive movie...that'd be cool (i know i'm dreaming, but hey, just imagining that kind of thing!!!)

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2097 Posts on 18:56 June 15th 2003
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